In a move to facilitate all necessary help to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the government is taking all possible steps and has decided that food and other emergency items will be dropped on the doorsteps of the houses. More than 400 telephone mobile centres will be installed so that people can communicate with there relatives outside the Valley.
Also, in a major relief to the people of Jammu ahead of the festival of Eid al-Adha, section 144 of the CrPC, which prohibits assembly of more than four persons, was lifted on Friday. The move comes days after the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370, Article 35A and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs).
The government has also announced that on the return of the Haj pilgrims from August 18, special passes will be issued to the attendants who will pick them from the Srinagar airport. A special communication centre is working at the DDCS offices in all the district headquarters.
All schools and colleges in Kathua and Samba remained open on Friday. No untoward incident was reported.